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BEAUTY QUEEN CARE WORKER RAISES FUNDS AND AWARENESS

Originally diagnosed with a neurological condition which causes extreme fatigue, Elisha Hudson was just 24 when she was told that she had a brain tumour after she blacked out at the wheel of her car in November 2016.

After a biopsy and an extremely anxious two-week wait for the results, the young carer from Cromer was told that she had a low-grade glioma close to her optic nerve. She was also told that there was no treatment. Surgery would be too dangerous and chemotherapy and radiotherapy weren’t available to her. Elisha knowns that the tumour is going to grow but no-one knows when or to what extent – so she now faces an uncertain future of six-monthly scans and checks. The diagnosis changed the way she lives her life and she’s come to realise that it’s important to take every opportunity when it comes along. Having won a beauty pageant, she now wants to pursue a career as a fashion model and use her roles as Miss Norfolk and Miss Inspiration to raise awareness of brain tumours.

She said: “One of the hardest things I have discovered about having a brain tumour is that it is a hidden illness. Apart from headaches, I have had no symptoms and no-one can tell from looking at me that I have this thing in my head. I would like more people to understand that and I feel privileged to think that I can help others by sharing my story and raising awareness.” Elisha supported our Wear A Hat Day in March and has already raised more than £2,600 through charity events for Brain Tumour Research.

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